justiciable

Examples

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• The executive has argued that when Congress brings up matters that it cannot decide by a vote, the issue is political and therefore not justiciable.

  Academic text (1991)

• Justice Jackson's dissent has generally been held to imply that religious conversion cannot be adjudicated and that allegations of religious fraud that turn upon purported false belief are not justiciable on First Amendment grounds.

  Academic text (1995)

• Making law keeping in view only one person and applying it to millions of people is not justiciable.

  Academic text (2018)

• At this point, abortion-on-demand is just not justiciable.

  Blog text (21)

• All the above arguments seem justiciable if we consider the innocence part of the juveniles.

  Academic text (2018)

• "I have difficulties with the notion that a claim that the President was flouting an act of Congress is not justiciable.

  Academic text (1991)

• At the very least, such legislation would make religious freedom rights justiciable in Britain, and even for cases such as that of the Muslim teacher and the Druids that were argued in Europe, provide better protection than is presently provided by the European Court of Justice.

  Academic text (1997)

• Fees may be awarded to the defendant's attorney only when the court is satisfied that the suit was brought in bad faith or where there is a complete absence of justiciable issues of law and fact. D. Treble Damages Canada

  Academic text (1991)

• The attorney general's office, which represented the defendants, Governor Miller and the state of Georgia, filed a motion for summary judgment asking that the suit be dismissed for failure to state a justiciable cause of action.

  Academic text (2008)

• These were lofty intentions, but they were not made justiciable, that is, "not enforceable in any court of law," and remain ideals to be pursued rather than rights to be exercised (in much the same way that the high rhetoric of the American Declaration of Independence has inspirational value rather than legal authority).

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

T

triable

vsjusticiable

• Formal

1 6.5

Can be decided in a court of law

focuses on being decided or settled by the court rather than trial examination

J

judicable

vsjusticiable

• Formal

9.9

A court can decide the case

refers specifically to matters that can be brought and resolved in court

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